Stuart Rutter had called the big blind's all in but the latter had stood pat and Rutter was left to tank on his decision. Finally after several minutes he decided to draw one and turned over saying, "I might be drawing dead..."
"You are," replied the big blind showing him , the that Rutter picked up being meaningless.
Rutter said, "I had and I really had three choices, draw one, two or pat, I think they were all fairly close to be honest..."
Fabrice Soulier had opened and then called a 3-bet from the cutoff. The Frenchman drew one card and his opponent stood pat, Soulier checked and the cutoff bet 1,200 only for Soulier to check-raise to 4,300.
However after about a minute's thought, the cutoff made the call and Soulier quickly folded, the cutoff showing to win.
Eli Elezra raised to 575 in middle position and a player behind him called all in for his last 350. A third player made the call from the button before Shannon Shorr three bet from the big blind to 2,600. Elezra thought for a minute or two before folding and the third player followed suit.
Shorr drew one while the all in player stood pat. Shorr had and made an Eight-Seven on the draw with a . His opponent mucked and hit the rail while Shorr has moved to 17,000.
After the hand Elezra said that he would have won the hand and told Shorr, "I almost put you to the test, Shannon."
The final numbers are in and there were 275 players in this event this year, that's a 10% on the 250 that played in 2010. 28 players will be paid and we're down to 182 already tonight.
Alex Wice raised then four-bet all in before the draw from the cutoff against the button. He was called and both players drew one card, Wice could only make a hand against the button's very strong and was eliminated.
saying, "I might be drawing dead..."
that Rutter picked up being meaningless.
